BMW Wheels?

[fleming442]

I've seen a few members posting these, and I'm Bimmer curious. I realize spacers are required, but I drive mine 100mi/day. Will the spacers hold up, or will I be singing "You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel"?
What should I be looking for? Do some fit better than others?

I hate my Xtreme wheels and I need tires. I've seen some BMW wheels in 5x120.7, and I know the offset/backspace is wrong. I see E92,E46, blah, blah, blah. I'm lowered and want to go about another inch down, so I need to check heights. I would rather have 18s because tire selection is better. Let it rip; wassup?

 

[pontiacgp]

the only BMW wheels I have seen are 5x120 compared to our 5x127

 

[Northernregal]

You mean like these?

What do you want to know?

 

[TURNA]

I guess you are interested in the honeycombs?

cause demz sweet!!!

 

[81cutlass]

BMW is 120, Gbody is 4.75 which is 120.65. Same deal with newer GM musclecar stuff, its 120.

I ran aftermarket non hubcentric BMW wheels on my 4th gen for probably 10K miles? Never had a wheel fall off. As long as you are good torquing them you are OK in my experience. Snug each one down and tighten in a slower progression up.

The hubcentric part doesnt do anything anyways once the wheel is torqued down, it just reduces runout.

17's are a happy medium too. I think the slightly thicker sidewall improves ride a bit on these older clunky suspension cars.

 

[pontiacgp]

Most original wheels are hub centric, the weight of the car is meant to ride on the hub, not the studs. The studs resist the lateral forces but are not meant to carry the weight if the car.

 

[Northernregal]

Most original wheels are hub centric, the weight of the car is meant to ride on the hub, not the studs. The studs resist the lateral forces but are not meant to carry the weight if the car.

I had wheel adapters made, the M92 rims however are lug centric and a work around is fairly easy. The only part that looks "off" is my brake rotors are not at the edge of the spokes like you would normally see.

 

[xylorex]

they have some great threads on thirdgen.org on this topic.... here's one i'm subscribed to: thirdgen 18" bmw wheel thread

i personally like the BMW style 42's...

they are pretty close to what big red runs, except cost about 75% less haha. damn they are sweet imo

 

[fleming442]

I'm more looking at tire options. Do I put new tires on rims I don't like, or go for something different? .5mm wouldn't make that much difference.
Northern, your setup got me down this path. I want chrome, and the Bimmer guys seem to be unloading them cheap. I was more wondering about the model numbers and how they correpsond to the bolt pattern, I guess.

 

[xylorex]

I've seen a few members posting these, and I'm Bimmer curious. I realize spacers are required, but I drive mine 100mi/day. Will the spacers hold up, or will I be singing "You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel"?
What should I be looking for? Do some fit better than others?

I hate my Xtreme wheels and I need tires. I've seen some BMW wheels in 5x120.7, and I know the offset/backspace is wrong. I see E92,E46, blah, blah, blah. I'm lowered and want to go about another inch down, so I need to check heights. I would rather have 18s because tire selection is better. Let it rip; wassup?

dont worry about wheel spacers, i've run them for 15+ years... i have them on a k10 truck and my monte carlo, never had any problems.

get the ones like this: